Aligning SEL and Academic Objectives

As your SEL team works with teachers to align SEL and academic objectives, it’s also important to consider how the content is delivered so that it supports the practice of social and emotional competencies.

Connect and Collaborate Among Staff

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A Supportive Classroom Environment

A supportive and equitable environment in all classrooms serves as a platform for all academic, social and emotional learning. At the core of a supportive classroom is a caring, engaging teacher who establishes authentic trusting relationships with each student.

How it Works

This process helps schools create an environment that supports students in developing the academic, social, and emotional competencies that they need to navigate the world.

Connect and Collaborate With Students

Professional learning communities provide an important opportunity to integrate SEL into existing practices, work collaboratively on the goals of schoolwide SEL, and cultivate their own social and emotional competencies.

Build on Strengths and Experience

Schools, like the greater society, are becoming increasingly more diverse in culture, ethnicity, race, language, values, and beliefs. This diversity has countless positive benefits, but it can also present challenges.

What is SEL?

Social and emotional learning is essential to every child’s education.

Focus Area 1B

Assess needs and resources to develop an SEL implementation plan with clear goals, action steps, and assigned ownership.

Focus Area 4

Establish a structured, ongoing process to collect, reflect on, and use implementation and outcome data to inform school-level decisions and drive improvements to SEL implementation.

Private: Professional Learning Plan

As the SEL team works to develop a schoolwide professional learning plan, staff can choose to take it one step further and develop their own personalized professional learning plan to support the school’s SEL goals.